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PRONUNCIATION OF QUASSIN

quassin  [ˈkwɒsɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUASSIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quassin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES QUASSIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Quassin

Quassin is a white bitter, crystalline substance extracted from the quassia tree. It is one of the most bitter substances found in nature with a bitter threshold of 0.08 ppm and it is 50 times more bitter than quinine. Quassin is used as a medicine in traditional Chinese medicine. Extracts of the Bitter tree are also used as additives in soft drinks. Although its skeleton possesses 20 carbon atoms, quassin is not a diterpene but rather a triterpene lactone, which derives from euphol by loss of 10 carbon atoms including C4.

Definition of quassin in the English dictionary

The definition of quassin in the dictionary is a bitter crystalline substance.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUASSIN


angiotensin
ˌændʒɪəˈtɛnsɪn
assassin
əˈsæsɪn
bacitracin
ˌbæsɪˈtreɪsɪn
Banjarmasin
ˌbændʒəˈmɑːsɪn
chymotrypsin
ˌkaɪməʊˈtrɪpsɪn
ciprofloxacin
ˌsɪprəʊˈflɒksəsɪn
erythromycin
ɪˌrɪθrəʊˈmaɪsɪn
hoisin
ˌhɔɪˈsɪn
kanamycin
ˌkænəˈmaɪsɪn
khamsin
ˈkæmsɪn
medicine
ˈmɛdɪsɪn
moccasin
ˈmɒkəsɪn
niacin
ˈnaɪəsɪn
sin
sɪn
streptomycin
ˌstrɛptəʊˈmaɪsɪn
suboscine
sʌbˈɒsɪn
thyroxin
θaɪˈrɒksɪn
toxin
ˈtɒksɪn
trypsin
ˈtrɪpsɪn
Wisconsin
wɪsˈkɒnsɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUASSIN

quasar
quash
quasher
Quashi
Quashie
quasi
quasi-contract
quasi-judicial
quasi-quotation
quasi-stellar object
quasicrystal
Quasimodo
quasiparticle
quasiperiodic
quass
quassia
quat
quatch
quatercentenaries
quatercentenary

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUASSIN

abscissin
basin
cousin
damassin
eosin
epoxy resin
first cousin
Limousin
Mersin
mortal sin
original sin
poussin
raisin
resin
river basin
rosin
spadassin
Tessin
vasopressin
wash-hand basin

Synonyms and antonyms of quassin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «quassin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUASSIN

Find out the translation of quassin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quassin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quassin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

quassin
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Cuasina
570 millions of speakers

English

quassin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

quassin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كواسين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

quassin
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Quassina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

quassin
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quassine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Quassin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Quassin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

quassin
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

quassin
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Quassin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quassin
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

quassin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्वासेन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

quassin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Quassina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

quassin
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

quassin
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Quasină
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Κασσίνη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

quassin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kvassin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

quassin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quassin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUASSIN»

The term «quassin» is used very little and occupies the 186.185 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUASSIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quassin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUASSIN»

Discover the use of quassin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quassin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VI: 6
Structure of quassin, neoquassin, and 18- hydroxyquassin. (Scragg and Allan 1992) R, R2 R3 0CH3 CH3 0 OCH3 CH3 HOH OCH3 CH20H 0 pests such as rabbits. Latterly, quassinoids have been shown to have antitumor (Kupchan and  ...
Y.P.S Bajaj, 1994
2
Natural Sources of Flavourings
Quassin The toxicological database on quassin is very limited and the toxicity data available are inadequate for establishing a NOAEL. However, two reproductive toxicity studies give rise to toxicological concern, although the studies had ...
‎2008
3
Mammalian Toxicology of Insecticides
Quassin is the generic term for plant extracts derived from the wood of tropical quassia trees, e.g. Quassia amara or Picrasma excelsa. It should be noted that extracts of quassia are often simply referred to as 'quassin' and may appear ...
Timothy C. Marrs, 2012
4
The American Dispensatory
The bark is thin, dark-brown, or /thick, grayish-brown, wrinkled, and traversed by retieulating lines. Quassin was obtained by Wiggers, as follows : The sliced wood was boiled in water, and the filtered decoction was evaporated to one-fourth of ...
John King, 1870
5
Stone of Tears
"Quassin Doe," he whispered. Kahlan eyed the shadowed back of the shop as her vision adjusted to the darkness. She saw no bodies. The proprietor must have fled before he was killed, or maybe he was one who had stood with the army ...
Terry Goodkind, 2000
6
L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
2001] § 21.124 Quassin. (a) Quassin is the bitter principle of quassia wood ( occurring as a mixture of two isomeric forms). It shall be a good commercial grade of purified amorphous quassin, standardized as to bitterness. (b) Bitterness .
‎2003
7
26 CFR Internal Revenue: CFR Parts 30-39
1, 2001] § 21.124 Quassin. (a) Quassin is the bitter principle of quassia wood ( occurring as a mixture of two isomeric forms). It shall be a good commercial grade of purified amorphous quassin, standardized as to bitterness. (b) Bitterness .
Office of The Federal Register, 2013
8
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
§21.123 Quassin. (a) Quassin is the bitter principle of quassia wood (occurring as a mixture of two isomeric forms). It shall be a good commercial grade of purified amorphous quassin, standardized as to bitterness. (b) Bitterness. An aqueous ...
‎1980
9
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Alcohol, Tobacco ...
1, 2001] § 21.124 Quassin. (a) Quassin is the bitter principle of quassia wood ( occurring as a mixture of two isomeric forms). It shall be a good commercial grade of purified amorphous quassin, standardized as to bitterness. (b) Bitterness .
Office of the Federal Register (U S ), 2012
10
CFR
1, 2001] §21.124 Quassin. (a) Quassin is the bitter principle of quassia wood ( occurring as a mixture of two isomeric forms). It shall be a good commercial grade of purified amorphous quassin, standardized as to bitterness. (b) Bitterness .
‎2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUASSIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quassin is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Murat MARAZ
Samsun Tarım İl Müdürlüğünde çalışan ziraat mühendisi arkadaşların çalışmalarında şu ifade ; “Quassine armara adlı bitkinin gövdesinden elde edilen ekstrakt ... «Kayseri Gündem, Jun 15»
2
The Government Uses Toxic Chemicals To Stop You Drinking Hand …
Neither do many other bitterants, like quassin, which is used as a folk medicine, and sucrose octaacetate, which is used in pesticides but does not do harm to ... «io9, May 15»
3
Washington pot producers accused of 'spiking' samples to boost …
A nearby white board contains words that are foreign to most of us: Spilanthol, Acitral, quassin. There are diagrams of chemical compounds. A sample of ... «The Globe and Mail, Apr 15»
4
Cuidado natural contra los piojos
... un árbol que crece en algunos países tropicales del cual se extrae, justo del corazón de la madera, el principio activo llamado quassin, una de las sustancias ... «Perfil.com, Apr 15»
5
Cây sầu đâu cứt chuột chữa lỵ. Chăm Sóc Sức Khoẻ
Ngoài ra còn một glucozit gọi là kosamin, chất tanin, chất men có thể là men thủy phân, amydalin, chất quassin và một chất saponin. Chất kosamin có tác dụng ... «XãLuận.com tin tức việt nam 24h cập nhật, Sep 14»
6
Arabia Saudí despliega 30.000 soldados en la frontera con Irak
"Es una información elaborada para golpear al moral de nuestro pueblo y de nuestros heroicos luchadores", añadió Quassin Atta. ¿Le ha resultado interesante ... «El Mundo, Jul 14»
7
Cristina Buti vuelve a deslumbrar en el Gran Premio de Polo de …
En la prueba de 1,30 m, dos fases especial, se ha impuesto Gonzalo de Almeida montando a "Quassine de Gandou". Vicente Garrido con Estopa ha sido ... «OcioCaballo, Jul 13»
8
Ars readers weigh in: Bring us Siri on OS X!
It is much quicker to say 'Remind me to do x at x' than to manually enter something in," wrote Quassin. Tuxedocat took the idea to creepy levels by suggesting ... «Ars Technica, Feb 13»
9
This day in history: November 1, 1966
Thus, Jayne Mansfield (whose real name was Vera Palmer) became Princess Inamet Quassin ("beautiful star"). Sadly, it was her last trip to Vancouver. Mansfield ... «Vancouver Sun, Nov 12»
10
Jesús Garmendia logra la victoria en la prueba grande del …
Le siguieron Pedro Fontán, con 'Punch Boy', y Gonzalo de Almeida, con 'Quassine de Engandou'. En la prueba de 1,20 metros, Saúl Gutiérrez, con 'Dime de ... «El Comercio Digital, Aug 12»

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